plastic
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In his interview with the French magazine earlier this year, he attributed a “rapid drop in sperm concentration in men in many regions of the world” in part to plastic pollution, calling it a threat “to our survival.”
The Trusts say this year was bookended by environmental disasters, with a collision between an oil tanker and a container ship in the North Sea in March spilling huge quantities of plastic resin pellets, and nearly 4.5 tonnes of bio-beads released from a water treatment plant in Sussex in November.
From BBC
Currently sheltered in a rundown badminton court in Vaphai village, the group's few belongings they were able to carry are packed in plastic sacks.
From BBC
The company sends a kit of plastic ring sizers, and he briefly brainstormed how he might sneak them on his wife’s finger while she was sleeping.
Some limped on one foot, while others tried to get used to a new plastic leg.
From Barron's
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